Mr. Turner is ignorant for saying the kids are only acting up and calling Esme names because they're black. He's putting a blanket over an entire race. He claims it is because they "deal with drugs and gangs." Where you're from, what you've grown up with, and what you deal with is not determined by your race. The fact that he is black himself and is saying this doesn't make sense to me. Instead of doing something about the kids calling her names like she asks, he just thinks of a false justification. I suppose, no matter what race I was, if I got treated how these kids get treated at home by their parents I would lash out also. Reading this story makes me thankful that I have a good relationship with my parents, as opposed to holding guns up to their heads like Ozzie or getting beat to the ground by them like B. B. From the start to the end of this novel I can see a vast change in the students' behaviors and attitudes. They still act up, but not as much as they did in the beginning of the year. Not so much at home, but their manners in the classroom and towards Esme are much improved. She taught them how to be better people, not just smarter people.
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